Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In Nyirenda v Ministry of Health , the applicants sought to review the of the imposition of mandatory vaccination, arguing that it amounted to a violation of human rights including the right of bodily integrity, as part of the right to private life and the right to free and informed consent.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

Indeed, in 2020 and 2021, the AMA touted more advocacy efforts related to scope of practice that it did for any other issue — including COVID-19. It continues to lobby intensely against allowing other clinicians to perform tasks traditionally performed by physicians, commonly called “scope of practice” laws.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Considering these substantial consequences for patients’ access to mental health care, developing solutions to prevent ghost networks is critical. Federal legislative solutions The federal No Surprises Act , approved in 2021, mandates that health insurers update the information in their provider directory at least every 90 days.

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C&M Health Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) released an FY 2021 MHPAEA Enforcement Fact Sheet alongside the annual report. The 2022 annual report is only the beginning of the post-2021 CAA era. But plans and issuers need additional agency guidance.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 13, 2022

In August 2021, CMS released guidance giving states up to 12 months following the end of the PHE to redetermine whether Medicaid enrollees were still eligible and renew coverage.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 20, 2022

Today’s pandemic destabilized hospital care because hospitals were neither coordinated nor managed systemically in order to meet population demands.

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It is slated to become effective on January 11, 2021. These changes are effective beginning with the 2020 MLR reporting year (for reports filed by July 31, 2021). * * *. Pending any imminent decision, the rule is scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2021. Responses to the final rule have been mixed.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Addressing algorithmic bias at the federal level Following a promise by the Biden Administration in 2022 to conduct an “evidence-based examination of health care algorithms and racial and ethnic disparities,” the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), began a systematic review last year.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

One-third of employers were already doing this in 2019, with another 20% adding in 2020 and 16% considering for 2021-22. Some 15% of companies will consider this tactic in 2021-22. 18% of large eployers offered rebates at POS in 2019, and 40% are considering incorporating this patient-Rx payment tactic in 2021-22.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers. Supreme Court decisions issued in 2021 and 2022 demonstrate this vertical constraint. A key example is the West Virginia v.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2021, 97 non qui tam cases were investigated and $3.59 The total recovered in 2021 exceeded $5 billion. The Momentum to Improve Health Care. The Pledge of Universal Health Care. HIPAA was the next big test of the Clinton administration´s health care reform plans, but this too had its opponents.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Welsh Carson and USAP “bought up the largest anesthesiology practices, then jacked up prices and entered into price-setting and market-allocation schemes,” said Khan, who was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021 to head the antitrust enforcement agency, with a mandate to combat health care consolidation.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 20, 2023

. “I have real concerns about this trend,” Stein said in 2021 about the state’s wave of hospital consolidations. “Hospital system pricing is closely related to this issue, as consolidations drive up already inordinate health care costs.”

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

I would also add growing dissatisfaction with out-of-network hospital bills related to emergency room costs, frequently covered in hometown news media.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

As the public health crisis continues its up-and-downticks around the globe, people are connecting health care to their national economies and politics, based on a global survey from the Pew Research Center, Citizens in Advanced Economies Want Significant Changes to Their Political Systems. In the U.S.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In January 2021 , the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States were trending back to early pandemic levels and on-pace to be deadlier than 2020. On September 9, 2021, Executive Order 14043 further required all federal employees to be vaccinated by November 2022. This was accomplished by the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

Now that hygiene protocols are well-established in health care providers’ settings, at least two other major consumer barriers to seeking care must be addressed: cost and access. Even 1 in five people with incomes above $90,000 annually had trouble meeting basic expenses. electorate is in favor.

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Kaiser Health News

MAY 5, 2022

drug overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended in November 2021. From 2019 to 2021, fentanyl overdose deaths more than tripled among teenagers — and surged fivefold among Black teens , according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data produced by the advocacy group Families Against Fentanyl. .”

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 22, 2022

Drug pricing experts said there’s no question that insulin’s list price (the amount charged to consumers and their health plans) has risen over the past decade. 5, 2021 USA Today, “ Gaetz Justifies ‘No’ Vote on Insulin Cap Bill by Saying Diabetics Should Lose Weight, ” April 5, 2022 Mother Jones, “ Rep.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

Bai, of Johns Hopkins, collaborated on a 2021 study that found for every $100 in total spending, nonprofit hospitals provided $2.30 in charity care, while for-profit hospitals provided $3.80.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

For their part, liberal institutions acquiesced to removing most collective health protections as well, albeit on a slower timeline. In early January 2021, amid the country’s largest wave of deaths during the pandemic, only five U.S. states had fully banned indoor dining.

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Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

Virus hospitalizations at lowest point in Alabama since 2021. California health officials working to address “Long COVID” Pandemic awakens need for at-home hospital care. State health care reform efforts vary, but gaining momentum overall. AdventHealth’s operating income nears $1B in 2021.

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